Lottery jackpot hits Sh21 million mark

A local lottery, SportPesa is causing excitement as many Kenyans continue to win monetary awards.

SportPesa chief marketing officer, Kester Shimonyo Muhanji, said as at yesterday, the awaiting winner had topped Sh21,798,070.

"Two jackpot winners have in the last one year alone, claimed prizes running into millions of shillings. In between the jackpot prizes are numerous Kenyans who have bagged millions of shillings with a good number pocketing a million or more shillings each," said Mr Muhanji.

The first winner, Andrew Mghanga, walked away with Sh5,351,700 in July last year, while in March, Paul Wainaina won Sh8,927,869.